Featured Awards

In May 2024, PhD student Souhardya Sengupta received the 2024 Dempster Award for his exceptional paper titled " Leveraging Sparsity in the Gaussian Linear Model for Improved Inference," co-authored with Associate Professor Lucas Janson. The Dempster Prize...

Senior Joint Concentrator in Statistics and Computer Science Audrey Chang was recently selected as a finalist for Harvard College's Three Minute Thesis competition. The Three Minute Thesis competition was developed originally by The University of...

We are thrilled to announce that Danielle Paulson, a Double Concentrator in Statistics and Mathematics and A.M. graduate, is the recipient of the 2025 Department of Statistics Concurrent Master's Prize. During the Statistics Department Commencement...

The Department awarded the 2025 Department of Statistics Senior Concentrator Prize to Kenneth (Kenny) Gu. Kenny, who is graduating with an A.B. in Statistics and Mathematics (Joint), was selected based on the high quality of his coursework and thesis. A...

With commencement and award season upon us, we are pleased to announce our Hoopes Prize winners in the Department of Statistics. We celebrate the accomplishments of all our seniors, many of whom took on the challenging feat of writing a thesis. Supported...

The Department of Statistics is pleased to share that Associate Professor Lucas Janson received a 2025 COPSS (Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies) Emerging Leader Award for his "contributions to statistical methodology, particularly methods...

Congratulations to William Nickols, the May 2024 recipient (along with Kevin Luo) of the Department of Statistics Concurrent Master’s Prize! The prize is awarded annually to up to two graduating students from the Concurrent Master’s program in Statistics...

Congratulations to Kevin Luo, the May 2024 recipient (along with William Nickols) of the Department of Statistics Concurrent Master’s Prize! The prize is awarded annually to up to two graduating students having completed the Concurrent Master’s program in...

The Department of Statistics is pleased to announce that, in recognition of his "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research," Professor Jun Liu was elected to the National Academy of Sciences . Founded in 1863, the National Academy of...

In 2024, alum Skyler Wu received the 2024 Department of Statistics Senior Concentrator Prize at our Commencement Celebration on May 23, 2024. Wu graduated with an AB in Statistics and Mathematics (Joint) and an SM in Applied Mathematics. He was selected...